Date Night

Friday morning update: One more thing about how old people are. While speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way to France, the president defended his son Don Jr. by saying "He's a good boy. He's a good kid," but guess who's just *10 days* older than that "boy?" The president of France. Seriously. Monsieur Macron was born December 21, 1977, Donald J. Trump Jr. showed up exactly 10 days later on December 31, 1977.

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The president of France and the president of the United States took their wives out to dinner this evening, at a restaurant on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. Wouldn't you love to know what they talked about?

For me the most interesting tidbit is the age gap. Melania (47) is 24 years younger than her husband, who is 71, and the gap between the Macrons is almost identical, 24 1/2 years. Except, it's Madame Macron who's 64, and her baby-faced husband, the new president of France, who is 39. It adds a tiny little frisson of weirdness to that strange moment earlier when Trump told Madame Macron that she was "beautiful" and "in great shape." Sacre bleu, POTUS is hitting on an age-appropriate woman!